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# Brokeback Mountain meets Top Gun. ‘Firebird’ coming to the stage for the very first time from January 9
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/brokeback-mountain-meets-top-gun-firebird-coming-to-the-stage-for-the-very-first-time-from-january-9/
- Published: 2025-01-07T15:30:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-07T14:20:28.000Z
- Description: It’s been called Brokeback Mountain mixed with Top Gun, and Firebird draws on a true-life Cold War story and follows a handsome soulful young soldier, who embarks on a clandestine affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on an air-force base in Soviet-occupied Estonia at the height of the Communist r
- Author: Brian Butler
- Tags: Theatre, James Seabright, King’s Head Theatre

It’s been called *Brokeback Mountain* mixed with *Top Gun*, and **Firebird** draws on a true-life Cold War story and follows a handsome soulful young soldier, who embarks on a clandestine affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on an air-force base in Soviet-occupied Estonia at the height of the Communist rule of the 1970s.

It comes to the stage for the first time after an acclaimed multi-award winning film version, which premiered at the **LGBTQ+ Flare** film festival in 2021 to coincide with the English translation of the original memoir.

The cast, at London’s **Kings Head Theatre**, is led by **Robert Eades** and **Nigel Hastings**. The show is directed by **Owen Lewis** and produced by **James Seabright**.

Writer **Richard Hough** is a playwright and lyricist who started his career as a comedian. His stage credits include a gender-swapping *Death In Venice*. As a comedy writer his credits include *The Now Show* and *Loose Ends*.

The play is based on the original memoir and the 2021 film. It runs **9 January – 9 February**.

**[Tickets HERE](http://kingsheadtheatre.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

**Image credit: Steve Ullathorne**